US Charitable Giving Declined In 2023
U.S. charitable giving declined by 2.1% to US$557 billion in 2023, but the flow of funds began to stabilize following several years of volatility. -...
Formal Mariachi Classes Have Become A Mainstay In San Antonio’s Schools
The traditional Mexican music was first introduced at a public school in 1969. Now there are dozens of classes in the region's middle schools,...
Former Editor Who Criticized NPR’s Progressive Bias Joins Website That Published His Criticism
"Uri Berliner, NPR’s former senior business editor who criticized the organization for progressive biases in a Free Press op-ed, has joined the outlet (as...
Investigation Of Fraudulent Foreclosure On Elvis Presley’s Graceland Turned Over To FBI
State authorities released a statement saying, "The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office looked into the Graceland matter, and it quickly became apparent that this was...
Former Uffizi Galleries Director Loses Election For Mayor Of Florence
"(Eike) Schmidt, who was backed by Italy's right-wing national coalition led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, secured 39.4% of the vote, behind Social Democrat...
Strike Avoided: Hollywood Studios And Film Crew Union Agree On New Contract Terms
"The contract, known as the Basic Agreement, affects about 50,000 crew members who belong to 13 different West Coast-based (IATSE) union locals, including art...
Are Pittsburgh Symphony’s Musicians Headed For A Strike?
The current contract, for one year, expires August 31; PSO management and the musicians' union are now negotiating what will be the first multi-year...
Jackass Tourist Carves His Name Into 2,000-Year-Old Wall At Pompeii
"A man from Kazakhstan reportedly carved 'Ali' on light plaster in the House of the Ceii when he was caught on Saturday. The wall...
Can Chad Smith Reinvigorate The Boston Symphony?
Smith has big plans for Tanglewood, whose Boston Symphony season begins on July 5, just as he has a long to-do list for the ensemble...
Study: Easter Island’s Statue Theory Is Wrong
“Our study confirms that the island couldn’t have supported more than a few thousand people. As such, contrary to the ecocide narrative, the population...
Museum Hangs Picassos In Ladies’ Toilets In Response To Court Ruling
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art has relegated part of its Picasso collection to a female toilet cubicle, after a court ruling that...
High-End Print Magazines Are Making A Comeback (In A Different Way)
High-end niche periodicals are popping up, but the trend might be most evident in a burst of small-batch, independent outdoors magazines like Adventure Journal, Mountain...
The Future Of Streaming
Profitability depends on how many paying subscribers are needed. There was a time when industry executives hoped that number might be as low as...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Fashionista
"As the music director and conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Nézet-Séguin has his back to the world’s swankiest audiences....
Record Labels Sue AI Music Generator Sites
The lawsuit claims Suno and Udio’s software steals music to “spit out” similar work and asked for compensation of $150,000 (£118,200, A$225,400) a work....
Three Apache Teens Took Part In An Apache Ceremony. Their School Expelled Them For...
This school, East Fork Lutheran School, is on the Fort Apache reservation in Arizona, as was the ceremony at issue. And this happened not...
Is NYC Government Serious About The Arts?
This year, City Council is asking for an additional $53 million, above a base line that has not much changed to meet the demands...
Why One Dutch TV Network Became The World’s Inventor And Market Tester Of Reality...
The CEO of Talpa Studios, part of Dutch media conglomerate the Talpa Network, explains it as, ultimately, an issue of language — which is...
Paul Allen’s Living Computer Museum Says Goodbye
Allen’s estate, which has been managing and winding down his vast array of holdings since his death in 2018, confirmed to GeekWire that the 12-year-old...
Britain’s Snap Election Caused An Unexpected Problem For The Edinburgh Fringe
"Most of the country expected the election would be called in autumn, so when the announcement came that it would be done and dusted...
Metaphor? Wax Statue Of Abraham Lincoln Melts In DC Heat
The six-foot-tall statue of America’s 16th president, by Richmond artist Sandy Williams IV, was installed in February on the campus of Garrison Elementary School...
The Library Of Senegal’s Greatest Writer — And First President — Is Finally Headed...
"In April, a beneficiary of his sister-in-law’s estate in Paris auctioned (Léopold Sédar_ Senghor’s private library of over 800 works, including 343 signed books....
Fifty Years Of Contemporary Art In A Concrete Donut (The Hirshhorn Museum)
The museum, part of the Smithsonian, is centered on the 12,000-odd works assembled by Latvian-American industrialist Joseph Hirshhorn, who was persuaded to donate all...
If We Can’t Make Our Exhibition For Women Only, Fine — We’ll Put Our...
After a tribunal ruled that Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) may not restrict the conceptual art installation "Ladies Lounge" to "persons...
BalletX Receives Its Largest Gift Ever — By A Factor Of Nearly Ten
"(Joan) DeJean ... died in December at age 75 and left BalletX a remarkable gift: $7.4 million. A donation of that size is substantial...
